Baggage.



PATENTED OCT. 31, 1905.

S. CHRISTIE.

BAGGAGE.

APPYLIGATION FILED JUNB9,1905.

mnniw. B. Grimm cu Pnmo-umpnmvuzns, WASHINGTON brackets 6, attached tothe same.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

BAGGAGE.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application filed June 9, 1905. Serial No. 264,471.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STAN CHRISTIE, acitizen of the United States, and aresident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baggage;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of baggageof the kind commonly known as suit-cases? and it consists in such a casehaving certain novel features hereinafter particularly set forth withreference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed, theprincipal novel feature being the lid of the suit-case comprisingcontinuous pliant material on a pair of frames, each of which isarranged and connected to be swung independent of the other on the samecenter to open a portion of said case.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a perspective View of a fragment ofa suit-case made in accordance with my invention and having a portion ofits lid swung up; Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same; and Fig. 3, apartly-sectional view of said fragment of the suit-case, the sectionbeing indicated by line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates the body, and B thelid, of a suit-case. The major portion of the lid is of pliant materialand continuous on two frames C D, that are herein shown as beingprovided with ears 0 (Z, respectively, loose on round ends of anotherwise preferably angular rod E, that extends longitudinally of thecase and is supported on the body-frame of said case and in The rod notonly serves as pivots for the ears 0 d of the lid frame sections C D,but it also serves to stiffen the suit-case. However, the importantfeature of my invention is the lid of said case,comprising a majorportion of pliant material continuous on a pair of frames that are inhinge connection with said body-frame of the aforesaid case to swingindependent of one another, whereby a portion of the baggage may beopened, and when said baggage is closed there will be no crack in saidlid. Hence there is an exclusion of dirt and weather from the closedbaggage.

It is preferred to have one of the lid-frames smaller than the other, asis herein shown, and to provide the body of the suit-case with a tray F,to which access is had when the smaller portion of said lid is lifted.The tray is intended for collars, cufis, handkerchiefs, and other smallarticles of frequent need, and said tray being shallow access is had tothe space under the same when the larger section of said lid is lifted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A piece of baggage of the suit-case type having a rod crossing thebody of same, a pair of frames each having ears for which the ends ofthe rod serve as pintles, and a continuous pliable cover on the frames.

2. A piece of baggage of the suit-case type having the body thereofprovided with brackets, a rod engaging the brackets, a pair of frameshaving ears for which the ends of the rod serve as pintles, and acontinuous pliant cover on the frames.

3. A piece of baggage of .the suit-case type having the body thereofprovided with pivots, a pair of frames having ears loose on the pivots,and a continuous pliant cover on the frames.

4.. A piece of baggage of the suit-case type having the body thereofprovided with pivotsupporting brackets, a pair of frames having earsloose on the pivots, and a continuous pliant cover on the frames.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

STAN CHRISTIE.

Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, GEORGE FELBER.

